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From FOTA presse release
FOTA -- the Formula One Teams' Association -- announced today that teams across the F1 paddock have reduced their carbon emissions by 7 percent.
The carbon reduction was achieved over a two-year period from 2009 to 2011 by F1 teams including Caterham, Lotus, Marussia, Mercedes AMG, Sahara Force India, Sauber, McLaren and Williams. It follows an externally-audited exercise to set a target to reduce emissions from a baseline of 2009.
FOTA tracked the Teams' performance against the target, and an audit, conducted by established environmental research analysis organisation Trucost, found that fuel efficiency led to a 24% cut in carbon emissions from F1 cars. These advances highlight the potential to accelerate carbon reductions across the automotive industry and present further evidence of F1's role in providing an important platform for the development of new technologies.
Turbocharging, fuel injection, variable valve timing and kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) have all been developed within F1. The Teams will continue to invest in technologies to help address resource and environmental challenges.
Trucost's analysis also identified a 14% fall in emissions from electricity use, following team-wide efforts to reduce wind tunnel use in race testing, and a 14% reduction in emissions linked to purchases of parts and raw materials.
Key areas of emissions growth since 2009 were operational fuel use, business travel and freight, which directly resulted from an increase in the number of races in the calendar and distances travelled.
With the support of the teams, FOTA has committed to the continuation of this programme and has undertaken to maintain continuous and independent assessment going forward to ensure that these emissions reductions can be improved upon and to investigate where further GHG emissions reduction opportunities may exist.
Formula 1 teams' GHG emissions 2011 vs. 2009
Emissions categories % change
F1 Cars -23.8%
Other Vehicles -8.1%
Operational Fuel Use +25.8%
Business Travel +38.8%
Freight +16.3%
Electricity -14.3%
Expenditure on parts and raw materials -14.0%
Total -6.9%
FOTA -- the Formula One Teams' Association -- announced today that teams across the F1 paddock have reduced their carbon emissions by 7 percent.
The carbon reduction was achieved over a two-year period from 2009 to 2011 by F1 teams including Caterham, Lotus, Marussia, Mercedes AMG, Sahara Force India, Sauber, McLaren and Williams. It follows an externally-audited exercise to set a target to reduce emissions from a baseline of 2009.
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| Photo: WRi2 |
FOTA tracked the Teams' performance against the target, and an audit, conducted by established environmental research analysis organisation Trucost, found that fuel efficiency led to a 24% cut in carbon emissions from F1 cars. These advances highlight the potential to accelerate carbon reductions across the automotive industry and present further evidence of F1's role in providing an important platform for the development of new technologies.
Turbocharging, fuel injection, variable valve timing and kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) have all been developed within F1. The Teams will continue to invest in technologies to help address resource and environmental challenges.
Trucost's analysis also identified a 14% fall in emissions from electricity use, following team-wide efforts to reduce wind tunnel use in race testing, and a 14% reduction in emissions linked to purchases of parts and raw materials.
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| Red Bull Racing and Lotus F1 trucks. (Photo: Twitter) |
Key areas of emissions growth since 2009 were operational fuel use, business travel and freight, which directly resulted from an increase in the number of races in the calendar and distances travelled.
With the support of the teams, FOTA has committed to the continuation of this programme and has undertaken to maintain continuous and independent assessment going forward to ensure that these emissions reductions can be improved upon and to investigate where further GHG emissions reduction opportunities may exist.
Formula 1 teams' GHG emissions 2011 vs. 2009
Emissions categories % change
F1 Cars -23.8%
Other Vehicles -8.1%
Operational Fuel Use +25.8%
Business Travel +38.8%
Freight +16.3%
Electricity -14.3%
Expenditure on parts and raw materials -14.0%
Total -6.9%